Let’s support our guys who are going to take part in The Paris-Brest-Paris Randonneur’2019

You most probably know Ligorio Lazarus Noronha from Assagao – one of 3 brothers who sell homemade Goan fast food on Anjuna junction. Yes, they are famous, there roast beef and fish cutlets are delicious, but now Ligirio is going to be even more known. He goes to France to represent Goa!

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“I will be cycling in France for 1200 km ride in 90 hours. it’s the 1st time when somebody from Goa takes part in Paris Brest Paris”, – he said. To qualify he rode a bicycle a lot: 200km, 300km ,400km and 600km rides.

His longest cycling trip for now was 1200 km ride from Goa to Kanyakumari in 87 hours. Inspiring!

He has been cycling for last 6 years. And this year he has registered himself for this international cycling ride in France which starts on the 18th of August and will continue till 22nd of August.

There are 6 guys from Goa who are going to take part. Good luck, boys!

Union minister Kiren Rijiju along with others flags off Great Ganga Run in New Delhi.

New Delhi: Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju and Minister of State Jal Shakti Ministry Ratan Lal Kataria flagged off the 'Great Ganga Run' from the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi today.
The marathon was organised to create awareness about River Ganga.
“It is a good initiative by Ministry of Jal Shakti. This marathon has been organised by them. It has a very elaborative message. Ganga is very important for the country and we needed to create awareness. In this marathon, people from every age group are participating. I would like to congratulate the organisers on getting a number of people involved with Namami Gange Marathon,” Mr Rijiju said.
We were preparing for this event for one month, said Gajendra Singh. “We had online registrations. Almost 20,000 enrolled for this marathon. It is nice to see so many p..

Thunderstorm accompanied with squall is very likely to occur at isolated places in some states.

New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that some places over Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan, and West Madhya Pradesh are likely to receive heavy rainfall today.
The weather forecasting agency also predicted that places over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Andaman, Nicobar Islands, Assam, and Meghalaya will also witness heavy downpour throughout the day.
“Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karikal, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam and Gujarat Region,” will also receive rainfall, the IMD stated in its All India Weather Warning Bulletin.
Thunderstorm accompanied with squall (wind speed 50-60 kmph) is very likely to occur at isolated places over Andaman and Nicobar Islands; with lightning at isolated places over Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, and Gangetic West Bengal, it said.
Strong winds, speed reaching 40-50 kmph, are likely to prevail over west-central and south-west..

Pinarayi Vijayan criticised Amit Shah over the BJP chief's tweet on Hindi as a national language

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has weighed in on BJP chief Amit Shah's tweet on Hindi Diwas on the necessity of having a common language in India. The Home Minister on Saturday tweeted a common language would become “the mark of India's identity globally”.
Hindi Diwas is celebrated on September 14, marking the significance of the day when India's Constituent Assembly adopted Hindi as the official language.
On a Facebook post, the Kerala Chief Minister disagreed with Mr Shah on the choice of Hindi as a national language.
“Union Home Minister Amit Shah's Hindi agenda push despite nationwide protest needs to be seen as Sangh Parivar's signs to launch a new battlefield in the name of language. The perception that only Hindi can unite the country is completely wrong. People in the south and the north-east don't speak Hindi,” Mr Vija..